2/17/2004 By Paul Majendie LONDON (Reuters) - Anglican leaders have castigated warring Church factions locked in a bitter row over gay bishops, telling them to calm down and stop using such strident language. The ordination in the United States of openly gay bishop Gene Robinson has sharply divided the Anglican church's 70 million faithful and sparked fears of a schism after 450 years of unity. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, facing the church's worst crisis since th

John Richardson looks at the arguments of Jeffrey John In the run-up to its February session, members of the Church of England's General Synod will have received complementary copies of Permanent, Faithful, Stable by Canon Jeffrey John. This little booklet is described on the back as 'one of the most powerful arguments for the acceptance and blessing of homosexual relationships by the Church'. However, as any dictionary will tell you, 'argument' in this sense is not just the

(1816-1900) The following Sermon was preached in England, in August, 1859. "Give yourself wholly to them" (1 Timothy 4:15) I need hardly to remind you, that the Greek expression which we have translated, "give yourself wholly to them," is somewhat remarkable. It would be more literally rendered, "Be in these things." We have nothing exactly corresponding to the expression in our language, and the words which our translators have chosen are perhaps as well calculated as any to

Arguments Against Same Sex Marriage (SSM) Top 10 Social Scientific Arguments Against Same Sex Marriage (SSM). A large and growing body of social scientific evidence indicates that the intact, married family is best for children. In particular, see work by David Popenoe, Linda Waite, Maggie Gallagher, Sara McLanahan, David Blankenhorn, Paul Amato, and Alan Booth. This statement from Sara McLahanan, a sociologist at Princeton University, is representative: "If we were asked to

NPR - ALL THINGS CONSIDERED: Conservatives and Liberals duke it out on national radio MELISSA BLOCK, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block. MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris. It's been six months since Gene Robinson was confirmed as the first openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church. Since then, conservatives have threatened to punish the national church by withholding their money. Today, the treasurer of the church told officials t

News Analysis By David W. Virtue VANCOUVER, BC-- The revisionist Bishop of New Westminster, Michael Ingham, faces a triple crisis that could derail his plans to depose, at the minimum put on hold, his desire to toss 11 biblically orthodox priests out of their parishes and seize their properties. He faces a legal ultimatum with the leaders of St. Martin's parish in North Vancouver who argue that unless the parish is allowed to control its own finances and staffing, it will ask

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 12, 2004 Miller Delivers Floor Speech on 'Deficit of Decency' in America WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Zell Miller (D-GA) today delivered the following statement on the floor of the United States Senate addressing several social issues facing the country: "The Old Testament prophet Amos was a sheep herder who lived back in the Judean hills, away from the larger cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Compared to the intellectual urbanites like

FOUR PRIMATES STATEMENT: An Offer of Temporary Adequate Episcopal Oversight WHEREAS, a crisis of faith and leadership has been created in the Diocese of New Westminster by the passing of a motion to bless same-sex unions, and the actual performance of the same in a church with the authorization of Bishop Michael Ingham; and WHEREAS, a special October 2003 meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion called upon the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada to provide "tem

Sydney extremism may lead to split, says archbishop Carnley By Malcolm Brown February 14, 2004 The Anglican Primate of Australia, Archbishop Peter Carnley, has made a stinging attack on the leadership of the Sydney diocese. In a new book, Reflections in Glass, Dr Carnley warns the diocese itself might split because of the extremism of the ruling group. The archbishop, who is to retire next February, said that while the leadership of the diocese resisted most of his ideas, the

By Mark D. Thompson The Gospel Coalition October 31, 2025 On All Saints’ Eve 1517, Martin Luther changed the shape of Europe and the world forever. However it was done—and I don’t think Luther was beyond the theatrical flourish of nailing his famous Ninety-five Theses to the church door himself—when Luther’s arguments against indulgences were released on the world, the Protestant Reformation began. Luther remains a controversial figure today, and with good reason. Yet it’s s

Defending Moral Principles Is Getting Riskier LONDON, FEB. 14, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Christians defending moral teachings on homosexuality are increasingly running foul of laws that ban any negative statements about the subject. A British Anglican bishop, for instance, who suggested that homosexuals seek psychological counseling was the target of a police investigation, the Telegraph newspaper reported Nov. 10. Bishop Peter Forster of Chester told a local paper: "Some people who

Bishop's actions may have been illegal: Anglican parish VANCOUVER (CP) - An Anglican church defying the bishop of New Westminster by refusing to support same-sex unions has offered him a legal ultimatum. In a letter delivered to Bishop Michael Ingham on Friday, St. Martin's parish in North Vancouver said that unless the parish is allowed to control its own finances and staffing, it would ask the B.C. Supreme Court to overturn the firing of two church wardens last year. "We wa

Debate over gays ends diocesan convention By RICHARD VARA Houston Chronicle Religion Editor TYLER -- Delegates to the Episcopal Diocese of Texas quietly concluded their annual council meeting Saturday after an hour of often impassioned debate over biblical authority and sexual morality. More than 40 of the 1,000 delegates attending the concluding council session argued for and against the national church's action in approving the ordination of an openly gay priest as bishop l

Local Episcopalians respond to Robinson consecration While some may be protesting with their wallets, others are joining new national groups. By Ann Stifter Savannah Morning News Episcopal decisions on homosexual issues last summer hit home this week. On Sunday, members of the 271-year-old Christ Church, the Mother Church of Georgia voted to join a nine-year-old Anglican group that wants to preserve Biblical authority. Meanwhile, the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia expects a dip

Archbishop hears regular church-goers call for an inclusive church by Mark Vernon [Special to ENS] The Archbishop of Canterbury received a petition signed by 8,500 individuals from the new Inclusivechurch network of Anglicans on the steps of Church House in London on February 10, during the meeting of the Church of England's governing body, the General Synod. The handing over of the petition marks the first milestone in the life of a grassroots organization that began in Aug

Ethics & Religion What Social Science Says of Same Sex Marriage by Michael J. McManus In hours of debate by the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention over whether to legalize "same sex marriage" the more articulate advocates opposed a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to "one man, one woman." Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, an African American said she was born "one generation removed from slavery" in an Arkansas shack "because the public hospital would not allow blacks to

Episcopal bishop requests shelving of 4 resolutions By RICHARD VARA Houston Chronicle Religion Editor Bishop Don Wimberly will ask delegates to the Episcopal Diocese of Texas' annual meeting next week to shelve four resolutions that concern biblical sexual morality and the national church's approval of an openly gay bishop. In his address to the council, Wimberly also plans to declare out of order a proposed amendment to the diocesan constitution and canons that would nulli

By Rt. Rev. Ronald C. Ferris Anglicans in Canada are facing a divisive controversy. The issue has come onto the General Synod 2004 agenda following a decision in the diocese of New Westminster, where the bishop and that diocese have implemented the blessing of same-sex unions. This is being done in opposition to the expressed wishes of much of the Anglican world, including the Lambeth Conference, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the 1997 guidelines of the Canadian house of bi

Episcopalian rift centers on process, priest says The Rev. Ephraim Radner: 'Over the centuries, it's always been easier to split off than to reconcile.' By MARVIN READ THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN This was supposed to be a straight-on news item, reflecting an interview with the Rev. Ephraim Radner, the rector-pastor of Pueblo's Ascension Episcopal Church. It didn't work out quite that way. By way of background: Radner was a delegate to last August's General Convention of the U.S. Ep

"These difficulties are not all of a merely disciplinary nature, some extend to essential matters of faith and morals." Pope John Paul II to Archbishop Rowan Williams Dear Brothers and Sisters, Three important events transpired this week. THE FIRST was that the Archbishop of Canterbury said at the Church of England Synod meeting in Windsor that he supports the new network of orthodox dioceses, clergy and parishes set up in the US that oppose the homosexual consecration of Bi